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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2026 19:24:53 UTC
The branch main has been updated by ziaee:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=2bea9db6259e7ce77df9c58f80ff47ebd83e492a
commit 2bea9db6259e7ce77df9c58f80ff47ebd83e492a
Author: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-08-29 17:29:27 +0000
Commit: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-08-29 19:24:05 +0000
vmm.4: Canonicalize SYNOPSIS + minor nits
+ Tag SPDX
+ Remove superflouous Nd quotes
+ Add "The" and "module" to introductory sentence
+ Remove a malformed "compact" specifier from a list
+ Add a missing list ending block
MFC after: 3 days
---
share/man/man4/vmm.4 | 24 +++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/share/man/man4/vmm.4 b/share/man/man4/vmm.4
index 6e121cb8ad64..b8c0a680132a 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/vmm.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/vmm.4
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2013 Peter Grehan
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
@@ -22,31 +25,25 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd December 30, 2024
+.Dd August 29, 2026
.Dt VMM 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm vmm.ko
-.Nd "bhyve virtual machine monitor"
+.Nd bhyve virtual machine monitor
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-To load the driver as a module at boot, add this line to
+In
.Xr loader.conf 5 :
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
+.Cd hw.vmm.maxcpu
.Cd vmm_load="YES"
-.Ed
-.Pp
-The module can also be loaded manually with
-.Xr kldload 8 :
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-kldload vmm
-.Ed
.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
.Nm
-provides the kernel portion of the
+module provides the kernel portion of the
.Xr bhyve 4
hypervisor.
The following platforms are supported:
-.Bl -bullet -compat
+.Bl -bullet
.It
amd64: An Intel CPU with VT-x/EPT or AMD CPU with SVM support is required.
.It
@@ -146,6 +143,7 @@ control interface for creating and destroying virtual machines.
device interface for individual virtual machines.
.It Pa /dev/vmm.io/*
device interface for device memory mapped into virtual machines.
+.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
Reserve three PCI devices for use by the hypervisor: bus 10 slot 0 function 0,
bus 6 slot 5 function 0, and bus 6 slot 5 function 1.